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Texas Opens Nation’s 1st Detransition Clinic. Other States Should Follow.

While many states have banned gender procedures for kids, Texas is going a step further, launching the nation’s first detransition clinic.

When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Texas Children’s Hospital and a Dallas-area doctor in February, he accused them of illegally transitioning minors and using Medicaid funds to cover the procedures. Now, a settlement requires the hospital to establish America’s first detransition clinic, offering five years of free, hospital-funded care for children recovering from gender procedures. The hospital also agreed to permanently revoke the privileges of five doctors who carried out the surgeries and never rehire or credential them. The clinic must open by the end of October.

In other words, Texas Children’s Hospital is now being forced to heal the hurt children. Other states should follow Texas’ lead, pairing bans on transgender procedures for minors with specialized care for detransitioners.

Texas Children’s Hospital first drew national scrutiny in 2023 when whistleblower Dr. Eithan Haim exposed internal records showing the hospital had continued dangerous gender procedures on children despite publicly claiming it would pause the program. At the time, Paxton had defined the practice as “child abuse” under state law.

Soon after the revelations, Texas passed........

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